Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth with a capital T is worthwhile.
Both the historian and the novelist view history as the struggle of a tiny minority, able and determined to make judgments, which is up against a vast and densely packed majority of the blind, who are led by their instincts and unable to think for themselves.
Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.